Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 42 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 42 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska on Mon, Jan 26, 2026, 6:40 AM AKST (15:40 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 81 km S of McCarthy, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

Cordova forecastMore in Alaska

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2026-01-26 15:40:05 UTC
Depth
20.8 km (12.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.260° N, 142.204° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Location uncertainty
About 8.8 km horizontally, 5.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±1.60
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
121°
Stations used
12

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 123 in the 60 days after this one and 45 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.7109 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 248 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 2.0128 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 248 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 1.7119 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 247 days ago · 1 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 2.0119 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 247 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 2.0118 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 247 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 1.5117 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 247 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 2.0119 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 247 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 1.7119 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 247 days ago · 1 km deep · 79 km away
  9. 1.6125 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 247 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 1.7118 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 247 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 1.7113 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 246 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 2.4119 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 246 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 2.0118 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 246 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 1.9124 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 246 days ago · 15 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 1.7120 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 246 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 1.8100 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 246 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  17. 1.9120 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 245 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
  18. 1.8119 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 245 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 2.0108 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 245 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
  20. 1.8129 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 244 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  21. 1.681 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska · 243 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
  22. 1.6113 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 242 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
  23. 1.7103 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 241 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  24. 2.6116 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 240 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
  25. 2.3115 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 240 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
  26. 1.5104 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 240 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  27. 1.892 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 239 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
  28. 1.7107 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 238 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  29. 1.7140 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 237 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  30. 1.857 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 237 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  31. 2.2140 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 236 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
  32. 1.8140 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 236 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
  33. 1.5139 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 236 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  34. 1.679 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska · 236 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  35. 2.0127 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 236 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  36. 1.6116 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 233 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  37. 1.6120 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 233 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
  38. 1.5107 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 232 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away
  39. 1.5101 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 232 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  40. 1.8137 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 231 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  41. 1.943 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska · 230 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away
  42. 1.786 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska · 230 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  43. 1.9121 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 230 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
  44. 1.790 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 229 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
  45. 1.777 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska · 229 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
  46. 2.0141 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 229 days ago · 1 km deep · 100 km away
  47. 1.9102 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 229 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  48. 1.8114 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 228 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  49. 1.596 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 227 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
  50. 1.8104 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 227 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
  51. 1.988 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 226 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
  52. 1.678 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 226 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
  53. 1.796 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 225 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  54. 1.9107 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 225 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  55. 1.5110 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 225 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  56. 1.7113 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 225 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  57. 1.6137 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 225 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
  58. 1.6137 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 224 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
  59. 3.381 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 224 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  60. 3.282 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 224 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away

The first 60 of 123.

Before

  1. 1.9105 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 249 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 1.6120 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 249 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 1.5117 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 249 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 1.6114 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 253 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 1.8121 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 253 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 1.577 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 253 days ago · 1 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 1.7116 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 254 days ago · 1 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 1.6124 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 255 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 1.5122 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 255 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 1.5123 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 255 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 1.6123 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 256 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 1.7105 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 256 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 1.7110 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 257 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 1.636 km NE of McCarthy, Alaska · 260 days ago · 16 km deep · 48 km away
  15. 1.8112 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 261 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 1.779 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska · 261 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  17. 1.6105 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 262 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 1.5106 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 262 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 2.887 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 262 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away
  20. 1.852 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 262 days ago · 14 km deep · 22 km away

Earthquakes todayAlaska earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak2026bvcibc. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:39 AM UTC.